Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-07-08
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aBLINKYs MORGANTs SAY.
III, Far Robbers Moved
From Cleveland Safe
From the Clutches of
the Vfg.1antes.
A Talk With the Famous Crook
viii Prove an Alibi at The Proper
Tins.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, July THE fur
robbers and alleged murderers of Detec-
+;va r1,,,,;n.n ,rar. ann. -.
ss ""as
itonn the sunny jan ehalneu TO each
other, handcuffed and manacled. They
were taken to the depot under a heavy
e,.rd .ra hftaa,, J, ,,tas ,ata. naart
. ~, !
ous eiio were On ehe,r way 10 spend tne
summer In the county jail at Ravenna,
Portage county. !
Previous to his departure Biinky Nor
gan, the most notorious of The gang made
Il will establish my Innocence OF con-
nection with Hulligan's murder that even
a jury of Cleveland police would acquit
me. ] was not within a good many miles
OF Ravenna at the time of the rescue.
This | will show by the evidence of men
OF such character that no man will hest
tate for q moment to declare that a mis-
q has been made. ! was not there,
because 1t was physically impossible for
me to ave been there. Besides, the
cleveland police force ought to know that
no professionals had a hand in that job.
There was not enough atsstake to make
murder necessary. Nothing but a death
chance on the part of the man under. ar
rest would justify such n rescne. 1t was
the work OF amateurs, and bungling ones
at that.
Instead OF looking for noted crooks
the police Should have looked for their
man among the very rawest of the raw
militia OF crooks-bungling fools, who
know no middle ground between the work
house and the gallows. Such fellows are
disgrace to the profession, and / am
as anxious as any one OF your citizens to
See The sHulligan. mnrderers brought to
Justice In fact, as said before, | I'M
more anxious. II yonr police do their
duty they VIII not stop with what they
have accomplished. II they should do SO,
y ultimately find that they have the
wrong pigs by the ears, they will be In
a bad Ak. They viii have lost a great
deal Of valuable time, and the public will
not thing very kindly of a. conduct that
stopped content with n chance.
You think this Is a bluff, doyonf But
supposesyou had been in my place when
the Wires flashed to every part of the
country the particulars of the Ravenna
rescue, And suppose, in such a case, you
We're named as one OF the participants in
the crime. Suppose you were innocent
and knew it, Suppose You were SO fan
away that It was impossible for you to
have been present, yet the charge is wired
everywhere that you are probably q par
ticipantY Now, what would you dor
Wouldn't you take occasion to make a
case OF abb for use III time of need and
wouldn't YOU make it SO strong and by
men OF such character that there would
be no question about it in the case of q
trial. II You did not do it so safely as to
make 1t absolute 0 would be a feel.
q ma be q bad man in many respects,
hut i am not m unqualified fool, Mark
what 1 tell you. They will never convict
me, because ! am innocent. That / Will
show, SO that the most rabid thirster for
my blood at this time viii say so. Your
police are mistaken and are simply losing
time tn foolinggs with me. As a mere
chance that \ may be tthsss tnan, perhaps
they have done well, from their stand